Sulcata eating plant roots

[Linzbragg]

Sometimes while my approximately 3 year old Sulcata is grazing in the yard, he eats the roots of the plants ( like grass and clover). Is this safe for them to eat? I know lots of animals eat plant roots for extra nutrients so unless I hear otherwise, I won't stop him. Also, I feed him cactus leaf and grassland tortoise food occasionally, and since its summertime he grazes a lot in the yard. I know sulcatas need a lot of variety, so my question is, what are some other things that I can feed him on a regular basis when he's in his table? In the past I haven't been able to get him to eat hay like I've read they should mostly eat, and most vegetables should be only fed once and a while. Any suggestions from experience?

 

[Greg T]

Eating roots is fine. I feed mine lots of red and green leaf lettuce as teh basic food and add stuff to that. You can mix quite a variety of greens in, like mustard greens and stuff. cactus is always good. I'm sure others will have some options to mention here too.

 

[Tom]

Totally fine. Its pretty much unavoidable.

 

[Linzbragg]

Ok thank you!